Re:It’s Time We Stopped Rewarding Projects with Crappy Docum...
by sophacles on Wednesday August 05, 2009 @03:24PM
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You make a good point, however:
1. I have had many people become angry with my stance on documentation for MY projects (written with the above contraints, for fun, for me, if you want to use it: cool not my goal tho). That sort of entitlement ruins it for everyone.
2. It is still done for free, if you don't like the results offer compensation for your choice of improvement. If the work is all volunteer, some stuff that isn't fun won't be done. (debugging is more fun than documenting, since the former is required for something to work right). This is why most non-profits also include someone who is either paid or otherwise rewarded for doing the crap work.
1. I have had many people become angry with my stance on documentation for MY projects (written with the above contraints, for fun, for me, if you want to use it: cool not my goal tho). That sort of entitlement ruins it for everyone.
2. It is still done for free, if you don't like the results offer compensation for your choice of improvement. If the work is all volunteer, some stuff that isn't fun won't be done. (debugging is more fun than documenting, since the former is required for something to work right). This is why most non-profits also include someone who is either paid or otherwise rewarded for doing the crap work.